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shhhh they're kissing
(lazy sketchy gif of the manliest couple)
Please!!! Keep the long chapters!! They are beautiful!!
hello, babes!
i’ve received quite a few messages from “anonymous” tumblrs (aka they just make another account, which? i don’t understand? why waste your time?) and a couple of other people on ao3 telling me that tmtts is far too long and i should cut it down. someone even mentioned that if i had an “actual beta”, the word count would be much more limited.
which is funny, because that’s what i’ve done for all my other fics. they’re not as long and they’re oneshots because i’ve managed to cut down the word count, as i am absolutely very aware i can do, and am capable of doing. please don’t treat me like i’m someone who doesn’t know the basic principles of editing.
that said, the reason tmtts isn’t as concise is because a) isak talks a lot. were each chapter split into maybe five chapters, you wouldn’t feel it as much, because they’re not all in one chapter, so, y’know, this probably wouldn’t be such a big deal then, would it? and b) this is fanfiction. this is a place and a medium in which i can write however much i want, and i have to professionally answer to nobody. when i write an actual book, maybe, one day, i’ll know exactly how to keep the word count limited and things to the point. the reason why it’s difficult – and i use that word lightly, since it’s mostly my enthusiasm for the stories and the characters, not my inability to keep it short – is because i’m writing this story for free, and i am not obligated to listen to anybody who tells me, “cut it short”. at the end of the day, it’s my story, and my main character will think as much as he wants.
(p.s., my betas are amazing and they have helped me out a lot. so maybe don’t indirectly call them out, too.)
with all that being said, however, if the majority of you feel like the chapters are way too long (someone once called me “mouthy”, lol, but this wasn’t privately, just a person i used to call a friend a couple of months back), i will happily abide by your wishes and shorten them. there won’t be as much description of the scenes, and you’ll maybe get 10k or 15k at most for the rest of each chapter, but if this is what you want, then i will gladly do so for you. why? because even though i’m writing without having to answer to anyone, i’m also writing for your enjoyment, and if your enjoyment is being hindered by my word count, then i’ll cut it short.
all of these messages – who may be from the same person, who knows, they deactivate immediately after lol – are seriously killing my inspiration little by little, which is annoying, because i’ve only just started to get it back. it kind of sucks to sit back down in front of my computer and not be able to get through two sentences without thinking, “is this a lot? is this even good? maybe i’ll leave it for tomorrow.”
it really, really does take a toll on a writer. i know it may not seem like it to you, but this is what i do to contribute to the fandom, to share my stories, and the more people point out what they believe is a glaring flaw, the more i doubt every word i write.
ANYWAY. the ironic part about this is that it’s so long, lmao. i just needed to get that out there, because it’s been bothering me for a while, and i’m finally just too tired to put up with it in silence anymore and without asking for more povs. again, if you think i should shorten the chapters: let me know! i will. until then, thank you to the wonderful people who think they know best by me, for probably getting what they want: me hating everything i write.
side note to the people in the tumblr IM and friends on whatsapp: i will get to you soon, i promise. i just need to stop feeling like shit!!!!!! ily’all.
no one talk to me i’m obsessing over hanzo’s new interactions (you can see a thread of some of em here)
My favorite boy kissers
The squawking brunette is Peter and the smug bitch is Earl. I love working on their story, writing it is like an emotional rollercoaster.
This is basically their story in a nutshell
disaster twins propaganda
🌺 disaster twins bbfs 4ever
i don't take any constructive critisism :^)
Fem destiel😇